In a message dated 11/13/08 7:58:54 AM Pacific Standard Time, shutter45@xxxxxxxxx writes: Each year the membership is given a list of all judges within the membership to vote on for the nationals. This list is minus the judges who have judged in the past 5 years, and any judges who currently hold office within the parent club or on the board of directors. Anyone can vote for whomever you choose. The first place votes get their pick of what they want to do(intersex, dogs, or bitches). The second place gets to pick next and third gets what is left over. This way the board does not have to nominate anyone and no one gets excluded. There are no petitions that have to be signed because of the restrictions on this list are non-negitoable. That is how the club I count for does it. There are so many picks, that the top winner has about seven votes each year. The other 800 people get two or three votes each. Other than that, it works. What we need to do, if you do want one vote one member, is give each member one vote, not three. We have never done that, since we have three judges. I would like to try that, let each person vote for the best judge, and then it would truly be a winner takes all. Evan Ginsburg Asgard German Shepherds http://www.asgardgsd.com/ Where Type Movement and Temperament come together **************Get the Moviefone Toolbar. Showtimes, theaters, movie news & more!(http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1212774565x1200812037/aol?redir=htt p://toolbar.aol.com/moviefone/download.html?ncid=emlcntusdown00000001) ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================